Britain’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) said on Thursday it expects to have sufficient supplies this winter, in an early outlook of the supply and demand balance for the period.

ESO said its base case for de-rated margin, which is a measure of the amount of excess capacity expected above peak electricity demand, is currently 5.6 gigawatts (GW) for winter 2024/25 or 9.4% of capacity, up from 4.4 GW for winter 2023/24, or 7.4% of capacity, last winter. (Reporting by Susanna Twidale; editing by Jason Neely)